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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NOS, post: 2441158, member: 2098&quot;]I can attest to their decline from circulation quite well. Out of 12K in ones that I&#039;ve handled this year, I&#039;ve only found two WheresGeorge? bills (one of which was only stamped on the back). Contrast this with the &quot;good old days&quot; from 10 years ago wherein it wasn&#039;t uncommon to find an average of 2-3 WG? bills out of every 100 note strap. The precipitous decline in wilds being found or &quot;hit&quot; these days is discussed frequently on the WG? forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of the problem may have to do with the security settings on bill scanners (such as with self-check out machines, electronic drop safes, vending machines, counting and slot machines, etc.) being set higher than they used to be. The theory goes the bills are being rejected and set aside as muted and shipped off to be destroyed. This ties in to Federal Reserve centers possibly recalibrating (updating) their fitness scanning equipment over the last few years and potentially programming them to be more picky about stamps than they used to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or it could simply be due to a decline in member participation (or even possibly a combination of the two). As the operator of WG? has said, the site was created in 1998 and people have a lot more online entertainment options these days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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